Police arrested Sergio Jose Martinez, 31, on July 25 after receiving reports he was carrying a knife and had assaulted two women. One of those women was a 65-year-old Northeast Portland woman, who police say Martinez physically and sexually assaulted in her home before stealing her car.

Martinez’s case gained international attention after officials with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said he had been deported 20 times prior to his latest arrest.

“Prior to his release, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials had not sent a criminal warrant, signed by a judge, allowing MCSO to hold the defendant in jail,” Reese wrote. “Instead, they processed a civil detainer, which they know cannot be legally used in Oregon.”

Reese went on in his statement to demand that ICE explain what it has done to manage Martinez after he was deported 20 times.

“Given this defendant’s repeated deportations following criminal convictions in the United States, it would help our community to understand how he was held accountable by federal authorities for multiple, illegal reentries,” Reese wrote.